Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Brooch Auction Archive hallmarked on integral ring with

hallmarked on integral ring with a Romanian crown denoting

missings its reverse hardware

the central medallion obverse bears the left facing portrait of Friedrich August III of Saxony

the other from Topcliffe)

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Brooch Auction Archive hallmarked on integral ring with(Patriotische Brosche). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an oval disc with black enameled borders topped by silvered designs, surrounding a pale yellow enameled field overlaid by a silvered and black enameled 1914 Iron Cross, the reverse with a clip hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 29 mm (h), with a small chip visible to the yellow enamel between